Bangladesh on Saturday said it was keeping an eye on developments relating to roll out of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam even as India conveyed to it that the issue was an internal matter of the country.
Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina raised the issue with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi during wide-ranging talks and he explained to her about the NRC process.
"We were told that this is an internal matter of India. Our relationship is best of the best at present. But at the same time we are keeping our eyes quiet open (on the issue)," Haque said at a press conference.
On long-pending BBIN motor vehicles agreement, Haque indicated that India, Nepal and Bangladesh may go ahead with the pact if Bhutan does not come on board.
The Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) motor vehicle was mooted to improve transportation among the four countries.
Asked about Home Minister Amit Shah's comments that illegal Bangladeshi's from Assam would be deported, the Bangladeshi foreign secretary said: "We should not make a crisis out of nothing at this stage and we should be able to wait and see."
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